Pork and Vegetable Sausage Rolls

byKyrstie BarcakonSeptember 24, 2013

Do you need a recipe that encourages your children to eat vegetables that are not hidden? Give this one a try.

This recipe is perfect family food. The vegetables are small, but still visible. These sausage rolls contain six different varieties of vegetable if you follow the recipe. Your children will be asking for more without realizing how many vegetables they contain.

These are tasty little nibbles for entertaining friends, or an easy weekend family dinner. The kids can get involved and help, they will love them even more.

Serve as entertaining nibbles or for a family dinner. This is a great recipe to encourage the kids to eat their vegetables with no complaints. Addictive and tasty dipped in sweet chilli sauce.

Author: Kyrstie - A Fresh Legacy

Recipe type: Appetiser; Main

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

5 sheets of pre-made puff pastry

500 grams lean pork mince

½ small carrot - peeled and grated

¼ sweet potato - peeled and grated

½ zucchini - peeled and grated

handful of green beans - chopped into small pieces

½ corn cob - kernals cut off the cob

1 cup of finely chopped greens - I used a mix from the garden of spinach, kale, and bok choy

1 egg - whisked lightly

1 tablespoon Kecap Manis (sweet soy sauce)

¼ teaspoon sesame oil

Prior to adding to the oven

Olive oil for basting

sesame seeds for sprinkling

Instructions

Remove the pastry from the freezer to defrost

To a bowl add all ingredients and stir well to combine

Set the oven to heat to 170 degrees

Once the pastry has defrosted cut each sheet in half

Add the filling mixture in a line across each sheet

Roll the pastry to enclose the mixture

Place on a lined baking tray

Brush each roll with oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds

Cut each roll into 4 even sized pieces

Place tray into middle shelf of oven to cook for 30 minutes until golden brown

Cool on a wire rack

Serve with sweet chilli sauce and a side salad or side dish if this is a main meal for your family

Notes

Serving size is based on serving these with a salad or side dish.They make a great work lunch or food for entertainingIf your family enjoys coriander, add fresh coriander leaves to the ingredient listEnsure that you do not overfill the pastry with filling. It should be able to be completely rolled so that that joining edge sits under each roll.Cut to size prior to placing in the oven to bakeThese freeze wellMake double if entertaining as they are very addictive!